RANJI TROPHY 2024
Vadodara, Oct 13: Right-arm off-spinner Tanush Kotian led a brilliant bowling show with a five-wicket haul as defending champions Mumbai made a remarkable fight back by skittling out Baroda for 185 in the home side’s second innings on an eventful third day of their Ranji Trophy Group A match here on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Kotian (5/61) scalped Baroda’s three top-order and two lower-order batters to rock the home side who had taken a 76-run first innings lead on Saturday.
Kotian was ably supported by his right-arm off-spin colleague Himanshu Singh (3/50) as Baroda folded in 60.3 overs after starting the penultimate day at 9/0 made from two overs overnight. Kotian had also taken 4 wickets in Baroda first innings.Twelve wickets fell on Day 3 as Mumbai made 42 for 2 at stumps with opener Ayush Mhatre and captain Ajinkya Rahane batting on 19 and 4 respectively.
The other opener Prithvi Shaw failed for the second time in the match as he made 12 from 18 balls, while one-down Hardik Tamore was run out for 6. Shaw had scored 7 in Mumbai’s first innings.
Mumbai need 220 runs on Monday to win the match.It was a procession of sort to the dressing room for the Baroda batters in the morning session as the home team was reduced to 41 for 6 in the 18th over.
After Shardul Thakur accounted for opener Jyotsnil Singh (10) in the fifth over, Kotian struck twice in the next over, removing Raj Limbani (3) and Shashwat Rawat (0), before dismissing Mitesh Patel (1) in the eighth over.
That spell from Kotian broke the back of Baroda second innings, only to be revived a bit by the lower-order batters.
Captain Krunal Pandya (55) and Atit Sheth (26) stitched 62 runs for the seventh wicket to take the team score past 100-run mark.Later, number 9 batter Mahesh Pithiya made 40 runs to help Baroda reach 185.
Brief Scores: Baroda: 290 and 185 all out in 60.3 overs (Krunal Pandya 55, Mahesh Pithiya; Tanush Kotian 5/61) vs Mumbai 214.
In Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir: 519 for 9 decl vs Maharashtra 312/6 in 86 overs (Siddhesh Veer 127, Ruturaj Gaikwad 86; Rasikh Salam 2/57).
In Delhi: Services 402 vs Meghalaya 233 all out in 86 overs (Sumit Kumar 87, Balchander Anirudh 69; Varun Choudhary 5/43) and 57 for 6 in 39 overs. (PTI)
Himachal continue domination over Uttarakhand
Dharamsala, Oct 13: Himachal Pradesh bundled out Uttarakhand for 299 to take a massive 364-run first innings lead and enforced a follow-on on the visitors, targeting an outright victory in their Ranji Trophy Group B match, here on Sunday.
Like the first two days, the third day also belonged to the home team that had put on board a massive 663 for six declared in their first essay in which four of their batters scored centuries.
Resuming at 50 for one, Uttarakhand resisted through overnight batter Avneesh Sudha (95), who missed out on his century but helped his team concede a lesser lead.
Following on, Uttarakhand faced only one over in their second innings and are yet to open their account. They need bat thorough the day to salvage draw.
Had it not been for Sudha’s fighting knock and contributions from Vaibhav Bhatt (46) and Kunal Chandela (56), Uttarakahnad would have been in a worse situation.
Sudha hit 12 hours in his 171-ball dogged knock.
Swapnil Singh (22) and Aditya Tare (14) got the starts but didn’t last long.
Pacer Divesh Sharma (3/47) was the most successful bowler for the hosts with his three-wicket haul while Arpit Guleria (2/36), Vaibhav Arora (2/54) and Mayank Dagar (2/65) took two wickets apiece.
With a commanding 364-run lead, Himachal Pradesh now stands on the brink of an outright victory, having enforced the follow-on against Uttarakhand.
The visitors, yet to open their account in the second innings, will need to dig deep and bat through the final day to salvage a draw in this Ranji Trophy Group B encounter.
Himachal’s bowlers, led by Divesh Sharma’s three-wicket haul, have dominated the contest so far. Despite a valiant knock from Avneesh Sudha and valuable contributions from Vaibhav Bhatt and Kunal Chandela, Uttarakhand faces an uphill battle to avoid defeat.
Brief Scores: Himachal Pradesh 1st innings: 663/3 dec in 164 overs Uttarakhand 1st innings: 299 all out in 95 overs and 0/0 in 1 over.
(Avneesh Sudha 94 batting; Vaibhav Arora 1/21).
Other Group B matches:
In Secunderabad: Gujarat 1st innings: 343 and 201 Hyderabad: 248.
In Jaipur: Puducherry 1st innings: 248 and 207/6 Rajasthan 1st innings: 291.
In Nagpur: Vidarbha: 118 and 366
Andhra: 167 and 79/1 in 21 overs. (PTI)